IT40 News for 10/18/2018

#16 British PM blasted back home over EU extension plan

Prime Minister Theresa May came under fire from all sides in Britain's fractious political landscape on Thursday as she warmed to an EU plan in Brussels to extend the post-Brexit transition period.

Hardcore Brexit backers and pro-EU loyalists alike rounded on the premier after she said she was considering keeping Britain in line with the European Union for months longer, by extending a transition period until December 2021.

Several heavyweight Brexiteers in May's governing Conservative Party wrote a joint open letter, warning May she would never be forgiven if Brexit results in "surrender".

The letter was signed by former foreign secretary Boris Johnson and ex-Brexit secretary David Davis -- their first joint intervention after resigning in July over May's Brexit blueprint, which would keep Britain close to the EU on trade.